Day's Calendar – October 1

The 275th day of the year; 91 days remain until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Saint Great Martyr Bidzina Cholokashvili and the Holy Martyr-Brothers Shalva and Elizbar, Eristavis of Ksani (1660–1661); Venerable Eumenius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gortyna (7th c.); Martyr Ariadne (2nd c.); Martyrs Sophia and Irene (3rd c.); Martyr Castor.

Born:

1207 – Henry III, King of England. Died in 1272.

1754 – Paul I, Emperor of Russia. Died in 1801.

1868 – Ivane Paliashvili, conductor and pianist. Died in 1934.

1886 – Robert Blake, American Orientalist and Kartvelologist, student of N. Marr. Died in 1950.

Died:

1684 – Pierre Corneille, French playwright.

1873 – Émile Gaboriau, French writer, one of the founders of the detective fiction genre. 1929 — Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor.

1935 — Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Russian writer.

1972 — Louis Leakey, English-Kenyan anthropologist and archaeologist.

Events:

1827 — The Russian army captured the Yerevan Fortress. The Erivan Khanate was incorporated into the Russian Empire.

1892 — The University of Chicago opened.

1920 — Austria adopted a new constitution.

1924 — The Satire Theatre opened in Moscow.

Observances:

International Day of Older Persons.

International Music Day.

People's Republic of China — Liberation Day.

Cameroon — Reunification Day.

Nigeria — Independence Day.

South Korea — Armed Forces Day.

Australia — Labour Day.